յոյր
Old Armenian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editThe origin is uncertain. Martirosyan proposes connection with Sanskrit पीवन् (pīvan), पीवरी (pīvarī, “fat, swelling”), Ancient Greek πίων (píōn), πίειρα (píeira, “fat, fertile, rich”), reconstructing Proto-Indo-European *peyH-ur-ih₂ for Armenian. A connection with գեր (ger) is also possible.
Adjective
editյոյր • (yoyr)
Declension
editi-type
Descendants
edit- Armenian: հույր (huyr)
References
edit- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յոյր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յոյր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “յոյր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 497